Improvement in corner-irons for carriage-seats



L. EMERSON. Corner-Iron for Carriage-Seats.

No. 208,971. Patented Oct. 15, 1878..

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LOWE EMERSON, OF COLLEGE HILL, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORNER-IRONS FOR CARRIAGE-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,971, dated October15, 187$; application filed March 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LowE EMERSON, a resi dent of College Hill, county ofHamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oombined Corner Iron and Shifting-Rail Support, of whichthe following is a specification:

My invention consists in a new article of manufacture-to wit, a supportfor the shifting-rail of a vehicle and a corner-iron for strengtheningthe junction of the back and side of the-seat, said support andcorner-iron being formed in one piece, and in a new and useful manner,and preferably so that two out of the six supports ordinarily employedto uphold the shiftingrail are dispensed with.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 represents a top view of a carriage-seat provided on the lefthand sidewith my invention, and on the righthand side with a modificationthereof. Fig. 2 is an isometrical view of my corner-iron andshifting-rail support, intended for the lefthand end of a carriage-seat.

A represents the carriage-seat; B, the shifting-rail; O, the frontsupports of the latter; 1) D, my improved support 5 E, the rear supportof the shifting-rail; F, the projection to which the external jointedbrace of the top is attached, and G the projection to which thefinger-irons are attached.

The support D consists of angle-iron I, to one end of which. is cast thehorizontal proj ection J. At the point of union of angle-iron I andprojection J the foot L extends obliquely downward and inward, so as tofit the flaring back of the seat. The external end of the projection Jis provided with an enlargement, through which the hole 0 passes.

The iron I may have two arms meeting at an angle, as shown, or may be acurved piece of metal shaped to fit a round corner.

W'hen desired, the supports D and E may be used instead of the supportD. In this case the support I) may be provided with a hole, as 0,through which a downwardly-projecting piece from the shiftingail passesand Y. is bolted on the other side, or it may be provided with anupwardly-turned flange, d, on the end, as indicated in Fig. 1,right-hand side. The foot L may be made of any desired length, as shownin Fig. 1. The angle-iron I, besides strengthening the corner of theseat, assists the foot L in holding the projection J firmly in position.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Acorner-iron having a foot, L, and projection J, substantially asspecified.

2. A corner-iron having a foot, L, and projection J, the latter beingprovided with a flange, d, substantially as specified.

LOYVE EMERSON.

Attest:

RICHARD T. DUNELL, 0. W. OOWAN.

